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Oct. 17th, 2022 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynWorking on the robe version of the Charlotte top from Seamwork. I think this pattern may have been the item that most caught my eye when I first opted to subscribe to their site. I bought fabric for it and the Monroe pants that the model is wearing, but didn't cut into it for more than a year, largely because when I looked at the pattern pages there were SO MANY PIECES.
Recently I cut out all the pattern pieces for an anorak, for which I had bought the fabric last December. I realized, coming to the end of the cutting of the last pattern piece, that as much as I would need a rain-resistant jacket in winter, I really didn't want to start on it just yet. It's like flipping a coin; you realize what you actually want the result to be as it's falling. So I got out the Charlotte pattern and saw that there weren't quite as many pieces as I'd feared- the pattern makers just had three different versions of certain pieces. One for sizes 0 through 10, one for sizes 12 through 16, one for sizes 18 through 26. And other pieces were 'this is piece A, it is for sizes 0 through 26, it is only for version 1 which is a non-belted pajama top, this is piece E, it is piece A but for the robe version'. There were still a lot of pieces, but not the huge number I thought.
Didn't count on the size of piece M, though. It's a big curved thing that runs from the hemline in the front over the shoulder to the hemline in the back, and it requires staystitching along both curved edges to prevent distortion/stretching during the work, and it is slightly asymmetrical, and there are multiple notchy points and circles that have to be lined up with the circles on other pieces. It's longer than my self-healing rotary cutting mat, too. And it's marked 'cut two'.
I seem to have cut piece M slightly too long and not quite properly in terms of width near one end. I put the notches in as best I could after clipping the paper piece to it as securely as possible; some of the notches aren't really visible due to me cutting it not quite right and that aforementioned asymmetry. I did the circles with a chalk pencil as best I could, mostly by running a needle and thread through the paper to form Xes and then lifting the paper just enough to color within the area defined by the X. I'll just be quietly grateful that the seam allowances in this pattern are 5/8" so I have a little wiggle room in the areas I didn't quite cut. This ain't couture, this is me working with polyester satin that cost $3.50 a yard, tops. I just don't have the patience to cut a second pair of this piece and I also don't think I have the fabric for it. Not if I want to make a matching pair of pyjama pants, albeit more like my cloned PJ pants than the Seamwork Monroe pattern- I don't need the huge and billowy, I just want something to cover my legs, and be shiny about it.
I've done my notching and circle-marking and staystitching on my other pieces. The next step involves interfacing on four of the smaller pieces before I can start lining up anything to sew. I cut all my pieces and staystitched yesterday but today was Notching and Circlemarking, and Trimming Extra Edge Bits on most pieces (but not piece M, I wasn't going to cut off that much in case I was still somehow getting things wrong). There were a lot of ittybitty pieces to clean up.
I am taking a break, kthx. There are blueberry muffins in the fridge.
Recently I cut out all the pattern pieces for an anorak, for which I had bought the fabric last December. I realized, coming to the end of the cutting of the last pattern piece, that as much as I would need a rain-resistant jacket in winter, I really didn't want to start on it just yet. It's like flipping a coin; you realize what you actually want the result to be as it's falling. So I got out the Charlotte pattern and saw that there weren't quite as many pieces as I'd feared- the pattern makers just had three different versions of certain pieces. One for sizes 0 through 10, one for sizes 12 through 16, one for sizes 18 through 26. And other pieces were 'this is piece A, it is for sizes 0 through 26, it is only for version 1 which is a non-belted pajama top, this is piece E, it is piece A but for the robe version'. There were still a lot of pieces, but not the huge number I thought.
Didn't count on the size of piece M, though. It's a big curved thing that runs from the hemline in the front over the shoulder to the hemline in the back, and it requires staystitching along both curved edges to prevent distortion/stretching during the work, and it is slightly asymmetrical, and there are multiple notchy points and circles that have to be lined up with the circles on other pieces. It's longer than my self-healing rotary cutting mat, too. And it's marked 'cut two'.
I seem to have cut piece M slightly too long and not quite properly in terms of width near one end. I put the notches in as best I could after clipping the paper piece to it as securely as possible; some of the notches aren't really visible due to me cutting it not quite right and that aforementioned asymmetry. I did the circles with a chalk pencil as best I could, mostly by running a needle and thread through the paper to form Xes and then lifting the paper just enough to color within the area defined by the X. I'll just be quietly grateful that the seam allowances in this pattern are 5/8" so I have a little wiggle room in the areas I didn't quite cut. This ain't couture, this is me working with polyester satin that cost $3.50 a yard, tops. I just don't have the patience to cut a second pair of this piece and I also don't think I have the fabric for it. Not if I want to make a matching pair of pyjama pants, albeit more like my cloned PJ pants than the Seamwork Monroe pattern- I don't need the huge and billowy, I just want something to cover my legs, and be shiny about it.
I've done my notching and circle-marking and staystitching on my other pieces. The next step involves interfacing on four of the smaller pieces before I can start lining up anything to sew. I cut all my pieces and staystitched yesterday but today was Notching and Circlemarking, and Trimming Extra Edge Bits on most pieces (but not piece M, I wasn't going to cut off that much in case I was still somehow getting things wrong). There were a lot of ittybitty pieces to clean up.
I am taking a break, kthx. There are blueberry muffins in the fridge.
